Toni Morrison turned to the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project when researching her latest novel, Home, about a Korean War veteran who spends time in a Seattle hospital then returns to his native Georgia. Since 2007, the Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights Projects have logged more than 5 million page views. Below are some of the articles, reviews, radio, and TV programs about the projects.

On March 15, 2006, Governor Christine Gregoire signed into law Senate Bill 6169, which makes it easier for neighborhoods governed by homeowners associations to rid themselves of racial restrictions that are still in their bi-laws. State Senator. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, D-Seattle, introduced the measure after this project focused attention on the lingering effects of these covenants. First the Seattle Times picked up the story: